Attachment for buggy-axles.



No. 836,568. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

W. J. DOLAN. ATTACHMENT FOR BUGGY AXLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1906.

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ATTACHMENT FOR BUGGY-AXLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20. 1906.

Application filed January 25, 1906. Serial No. 297,842.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DOLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weller, in the county of Monroe and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Buggy- Axles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in buggy-axles; and it has for its object the provision of a simple, inexpensive, and efficient means to prevent the springing of the axle at its center.-

To this end and to such others as the in vention may pertain the same consists in the novel attachment and in the peculiar arrangement, combination, and adaptation of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure. 1. is a rear elevation of a buggy-axle of ordinary construction with my invention shown as applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a like view of my attachment, the same being shown as removed from the axle.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A'designates an axle to which is clipped or otherwise secured in the ordinary manner the usual leaf-spring B, and E is a plate of steel, preferably of about one inch in width and one-half inch in thickness, with a length of substantially five inches, the ends of which plate are provided with upwardly-extending lugs or arms E, 5 which are designed to engage the clip-plates F upon the screw-threaded lower ends of the clips F, which latter serve to secure the leafspring B to the axle. Suitable nuts F are fitted to the threaded ends of said clips to hold the latter in place.

G is a block of metal, preferably steel, through which block a suitable bolt is passed vertically, the bolt extending also through the longitudinal center of the leaf-spring H, the outer ends of which spring are provided with downwardly-extended lugs or arms H, which lugs or arms have a bearing against the plates H securing the clips I.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that the position of the spring 11 in relation to the axle is such as to compensate for any sudden downward movement of the center of the axle which might tend to spring the same and that the axle will at all times be held in a true vertical alinement.

The device, it will be noted, is simple in construction and is adapted to be readily applied to buggyaxles in common use.

What I claim is The herein-described improvement in axle attachments, the same comprising, in combination with a buggy-axle, a metallic plate secured to the under side of the axle at its lon gitudinal center, a spring provided at its ends with lugs as described, and secured at its longitudinal center to the plate, and a block interposed between the spring and plate, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J DOLAN.

Witnesses:

THOMAS F. SMYTH WM. RYAN. 

